Pope Francis meets with President of Switzerland

Pope Francis meets with the President of the Swiss Confederation and expresses his desire for the collaboration between Switzerland and the Vatican to keep growing.

During an audience in the Apostolic Palace on Monday, Pope Francis addressed the President of the Swiss Confederation, Alain Berset.

Pope Francis highlighted the loyalty of the Swiss Guards, who surround him so professionally. The information came in a communiqué released by the Holy See Press Office.

The Pope also expressed his hope for an ever-growing collaboration on numerous interests shared by the Catholic Church and Switzerland.

Reference was then made to the active commitment on both sides at European and International levels, in achieving a more fraternal society, in promoting justice and peace, in expressing the importance of multilateralism and in protecting humanitarian law.

Both sides then focused on applying these topics to certain current themes, ranging from migration, to conflict mediation, nuclear disarmament and human trafficking.

Swiss President Berset then met with Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, along with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States.

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